NEGRO, n. The _piece de resistance_ in the American political problem. Representing him by the letter n, the Republicans begin to build their equation thus: "Let n = the white man." This, however, appears to give an unsatisfactory solution.

Source: THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
 

Negro \Ne"gro\, a. Of or pertaining to negroes; black. [1913 Webster]

Negro bug (Zool.), a minute black bug common on the raspberry and blackberry. It produces a very disagreeable flavor.

negro corn, the Indian millet or durra; -- so called in the West Indies. See Durra. --McElrath.

Negro fly (Zool.), a black dipterous fly (Psila rosae) which, in the larval state, is injurious to carrots; -- called also carrot fly.

Negro head (Com.), Cavendish tobacco. [Cant] --McElrath.

Negro monkey (Zool.), the moor monkey. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Negro \Ne"gro\ (n[=e]"gr[-o]), n.; pl. Negroes (n[=e]"gr[=o]z). [Sp. or Pg. negro, fr. negro black, L. niger; perh. akin to E. night.]

A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and thick protruding lips; also, any black person of unmixed African blood, wherever found. [1913 Webster]

2. A person of dark skin color descended at least in part from African negroes; in the United States, an African-American. [U.S. usage, sometimes considered offensive.]

[PJC]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

41 Moby Thesaurus words for "Negro": American Indian, Amerind, Australian aborigine, Bushman, Caucasian, Indian, Malayan, Mister Charley, Mongolian, Negrillo, Negrito, Oriental, Red Indian, WASP, black, black man, blackfellow, boy, brown man, burrhead, colored person, coon, darky, gook, honky, jigaboo, jungle bunny, nigger, niggra, ofay, paleface, pygmy, red man, redskin, slant-eye, spade, the Man, white, white man, whitey, yellow man

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

negro adj : relating to or characteristic of or being a member of the traditional racial division of mankind having brown to black pigmentation and tightly curled hair

noun

a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) [syn: Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negroid] [also: negroes (pl)]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Negro \Ne"gro\, n.; pl. Negroes. [Sp. or Pg. negro, fr. negro black, L. niger; perh. akin to E. night.]

A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and thick protruding lips; also, any black person of unmixed African blood, wherever found.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Negro \Ne"gro\, a. Of or pertaining to negroes; black.

Negro bug (Zo["o]l.), a minute black bug common on the raspberry and blackberry. It produced a very disagreeable flavor.

negro corn, the Indian millet or durra; -- so called in the West Indies. see Durra. --McElrath.

Negro fly (Zo["o]l.), a black dipterous fly (Psila ros[ae]) which, in the larval state, is injurious to carrots; -- called also carrot fly.

Negro head (Com.), Cavendish tobacco. [Cant] --McElrath.

Negro monkey (Zo["o]l.), the moor monkey.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)